That makes sense.

@Rebecca, the dog one is a joke. It was not part of the campaign.

You would s*** if you saw what me and my 10 yr sister are trick or treating. I'm dressed as a priest and she a little boy. Most who got it didn't get offended.

Vet43.

Your post made me laugh. Be sure you watch out for that old billy goat with long thinning hair and graying goatee.

From under my bridge I must speak out against the negitive stereotype of our proud Troll heritage. And while we are at it, lay off the Zombies. They work so hard in Washington and then people make fun of them.

Please come by our bridge. We worked so hard on the decorations. Many Rick Perry posters...........Bahahahahaha..........

Now back to our regular stimulating intellectual repartee.

Hicktoria, you have to know that there is one group not allowed to dislike someone portraying them as they are. That would be the white people. Well they really are allowed to, they just choose not to because it's not worth the effort.

Heck even the dogs can be disgruntled about it, but not those silly white people. Maybe it's because when it true and funny, it just doesn't matter.

Basically, the costumes are playing on stereotypes. Are the stereotypes true? Can you see the costume and relate? Sure. Is it right? probably not. If you can not laugh at yourself, then what can you laugh at? Where is the white person with his/her pic of a costume he/she does not like? Yeah, I did not see it either.

Speaking of Dave Chapelle, the funiest skit was him as Clayton Bigsby. The blind black white supremacist. Was way too funny!

Waywardwind.

I hope you didn’t receive a jury duty notice because you make assumptions without facts. Where in my statement I desire violence or wanting a do a violent action? If I really want to say something violent I would have already. If you want an apology from me, then I refuse to give it. All what a person like the girl above might get is an ear full of shocking language or a slight middle finger to the face. Other then that, WWW, winning hearts and minds job are for those with who have a fresh cheeks.

Weren't minstrel shows back in medieval times? Were you thinking of Vaudeville? What about that movie where the black guys dressed as white chicks....it was called white chicks I beleive. I never saw it, but being a white chick, the premise didn't offend me.

Writein: "If I would saw the white girl in black paint, there will be PROBLEMS for her. That is no joke."

Wow, J. That sounds like a threat. You would threaten violence against a person for his/her costume and makeup? Is that how you would win over the hearts and minds of people you think are racist?

I never called them minstrel shows, I called it comedy.

True? Yeah the large majority of it. Especially when Murphy dressed up like a white guy to ensure he could get a bank loan.

I don't really care why Dave quit his show, al I was trying to do is point out that some people are ultra-sensitive about stuff that just don't matter.

Get Smart.

Whatever. I guess there will never be a bridge of understanding here.

Jason Borne.
Are you suggesting that minstrel shows are good entertainment? Are they? Are the characters in minstrel shows true about black folks? I am glad you are using Dave Chappelle for rebuttal because I can use it back at you. There is a reason why Dave Chappelle canceled his own show. Dave Chappelle even got offend by his own show. Do you want proof? Here it is…………. http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2006/... or http://www.oprah.com/tows/slide/20060...

Anyone ever watch as Eddie Murphy or Dave Chappel dress up, put makeup on, and act like white people. Thats some of the funniest stuff on TV. Who got offended by that stuff? Nobody! Because it was true and they pulled it off.

Get over yourselves whiners. It's a costume. It certainly can't be anything worse than that clown William Drayton Jr on TV that wears the giant clock around his neck. You know, Flavor Flav.

Get smart.

I hadn't listen to it in years. Next .......

Waywardwind.
Again if roles were reversed, you wouldn’t say that. Maybe it is a generational thing. If I would saw the white girl in black paint, there will be PROBLEMS for her. That is no joke. The problem is that certain people say and do things in the company that is similar to them. If that party was mixed, she wouldn’t be dressing up as that and she knows it.

Writein...You are, of course, correct. The First Amendment indeed IS for everyone. But, we should all remember that there is NO amendment protecting anyone from being offended. It is okay to BE offended, but you do not have the right to be protected from that which you deem offensive. You have the right to ignore, to ridicule, to rebut and the right to dress up as something offensive to someone, but there is no right to not be offended. I can't ever remember being offended by someone's costume.

I also forgot to mention to people like Observer and WWW. The first amendment isn’t just for conservatives and libertarians.

Ah.......Yul Brynner. Ya know, back in the day.

Hmmmm......The King and I. Westworld. Futureworld. The Magnificent Seven.

Indeed, quite a man. Thanx for the wonderful thoughts in my head now, Getsmart.

Almost makes me forget you mentioned Obama and Pelosi. AIIIIEEEE!!!!!!!!!

I have to wonder if the roles were reverse would Observer and Waywardwind cry foul and debunking it as Political Correctness?

Some people just go through life looking for something to offend them. How did anyone so thin-skinned ever get through junior high?

Yeah, some of the costumes might be a little insulting, but they are COSTUMES, for cryin' out loud. They are an expression; a comment if you will. These costumes are an extension of speech and THAT is protected by the First Amendment.

I think I'll dress in a suit and pretend to be the scariest thing I know...a politician.

Y'alls comments are cracking me up! Let's just enjoy Halloween and for one day, forget the bad stuff. I personally love Halloween. I am a nerdy white chick with a little too much sand in the bottom of my hourglass figure, bad eyesight, and uncoordinated even while standing on my own two feet. THIS is who I am, and IT'S OKAY.

And, Rebecca, I thought I was the only one with a thing for Omar Sharif! That man can deal me a hand anyday!!! :D

I'm a bald-headed, white, redneck.

This is who I am and anyone wanting to dress up as that it's ok with me.

You won't be considered racist, and I won't cry about it, file a complaint, be mentally damaged, or think you are being a mean person. Heck you can even dress your dog up as me and I still wont care.

Stop being ultra-sensitive whiners, it's hallo-*******-ween.

BTW, don't wear the "Muslim with Bombs" outfit to the airport. They might not see the humor.

game, what type of costume would be offensive to you?

i'm not going to give candy to any kid whose costume offends me and will instead give them a lecture on civics.

Those who practice Wicca never liked the way "witches" were portrayed at Halloween. I think they have a good case. ;)

I guess it wouldn't be appropriate for me to dress as a college graduate this Halloween: You know, a person who had to move back into their parent's house because they were broke due to student loans? =P

The fact that there's an image with a dog who is insulted at a dog costume makes me think that the whole thing is a joke. It seems to make fun of being so easily insulted.

I saw the interview with the students this morning and they made a case that dressing up "black face" was insulting. I agree!

HOWEVER, dressing up in a culture's traditional or historical dress, or like Omar Sharif... that's dressing up. Omar Sharif was sexy, ask all the little old ladies who play Bridge.

I guess we should all be insulted with the movie, WHITE CHICKS. I thought that movie was funny and I'm French-German/Scotch-Irish/Moravian-German. =P

Dogs even had a say in Ohio University's Students Teaching About Racism in Society opinion?

Good grief, even a dog costume is raciest, according to dogs, I guess.

Political correctness run amok. These people need to get a life, rather than trying to make life miserable for the rest of us.